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American Rhetoric: Cesar E. Chavez: "The Mexican American and the Church"

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a paper that was prepared and presented by Cesar E. Chavez and presented in March 1968 at the Second Annual Mexican Conference in Sacramento, California. In it, he discusses the lack of support from the Catholic parish for the...
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American Rhetoric: Margaret Chase Smith: "Declaration of Conscience"

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of Senator Margaret Chase Smith's "Declaration of Conscience," a list of how Republicans and Democrats should act, delivered on June 1, 1950.
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American Rhetoric: Margaret Sanger: "Children's Era"

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of Margaret Sanger's speech "Children's Era" delivered in March 1925 in New York, NY.
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American Rhetoric: William Jennings Bryan: Imperialism (Flag of an Empire)

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text and audio of William Jennings Bryan's speech "Imperialism" (Flag of an Empire) delivered on August 8, 1900, in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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American Rhetoric: William Faulkner: Nobel Prize in Literature Acceptance Speech

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text and audio of William Faulkner's acceptance speech for the Nobel Prize in Literature delivered on December 10, 1950, in Stockholm Sweden.
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American Rhetoric: Abraham Ribicoff: Speech Nominating G. Mc Govern for President

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text and audio of Abraham Ribicoff's speech nominating G. McGovern for President delivered on August 28, 1968, at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois.
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American Rhetoric: Adlai Stevenson: Accepting Democratic Presidential Nomination

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the CSPAN video of Adlai Stevenson's acceptance of the 1952 Democratic Presidential nomination speech which was delivered on July 26, 1952, in Chicago, Illinois.
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American Rhetoric: Adlai Stevenson: Un Security Council: Soviet Missiles in Cuba

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text, audio, and video of Adlai Stevenson addressing the UN Security Council concerning Soviet missiles in Cuba on October 25, 1962.
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American Rhetoric: Adrien Brody: Oscar Award for Best Actor Acceptance Address

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text and video of Adrien Brody's acceptance speech for his 2003 Oscar Award for Best Actor for the film The Pianist. It was delivered on March 23, 2003, in the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, California.
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American Rhetoric: Al Gore: 2008 Democratic National Convention Speech

For Students 9th - 10th
Video and text of Al Gore's speech at the 2008 Democratic National Convention delivered on August 28, 2008, at INVESCO Field, Mile High Stadium, in Denver, Colorado.
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American Rhetoric: Ted Kennedy: 1980 Democratic National Convention Address

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text and audio of Senator Ted Kennedy's address to the 1980 Democratic National Convention on delivered on August 12, 1980, New York, NY.
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American Rhetoric: Ashton Carter: Sasc Statement on Counter Isil Campaign

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text, audio, and video [12:35] of Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter's address to Senate Armed Services Committee on the Counter-ISIL Campaign on October 28, 2015.
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American Rhetoric: Theodore Roosevelt: "The Man With the Muck Rake"

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of Theodore Roosevelt's "The Man with the Muck-rake" speech on April 14, 1906.
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American Rhetoric: Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Commonwealth Club Address

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of Franklin D. Roosevelt's speech to the Commonwealth Club on September 23, 1932, in San Francisco, California.
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American Rhetoric: Movie Speech: To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

For Students 9th - 10th
A photograph, an audio mp3, and a transcript of Atticus Finch's monologue as he delivers the closing arguments in Tom Robinson's trial in the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird.
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American Rhetoric: Movie Speeches

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The closing argument speech from the film, "The Verdict."
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American Rhetoric: Andre Agassi Farewell to Tennis Address at the u.s. Open

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text, audio, and video [2:28] of Andre Agassi's farewell address to tennis at the U. S. Open on September 3, 2006.
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American Rhetoric: Ursula K. Le Guin: A Left Handed Commencement Address

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the text of Ursula K. Le Guin's commencement address to graduates of 1983, Mills College, Oakland, California on May 22, 1983. She titled her speech "A Left-Handed Commencement Address."